A corner turned

My path is one that seems curvy and twisted. Never quite sure where it will go. Yet, when I reach a fork in the road I am able to be decisive and make choices. They sometimes take a while, but I tend to be rational and weigh things out. Eventually doing what I feel in my gut. Recently I made one of those tough turns. It was such a hard choice to leave a marriage when I was still good friends with this person. I admit to questioning my own sanity! However, I knew it was right. Over time as we sorted things out, I recognized and appreciated more and more the person to whom I had been married to for over a decade. What a good person, great parent, decent person he is, was and continues to be. We are not the norm of people separating, I know this. What feels so good in this whole process is that as I explain to lawyers or accountants that we ARE not out to screw each other, WE TALK each day, and we RESPECT each other that we are so lucky. But also, we chose to be this way. I see that I am at a corner now where I can turn away from the marriage part, but feel good knowing the path I am taking also has him as a friend. While the state of marriage has changed, we have changed, our values remain similar and what we want as parents for our kids is still the same. I feel so positive that while something is ending, the possibility of something positive still being there.